Tobacco-can.



1.0-. BOYLAN. TOBACCO CAN- APPLICATION FIL ED OCT. 13' 1914.

Patented A11 WITNESSES I a attains bananas eaten, or ANN Anson,MICHIGAN.

rosaoco-can.

To all'whom it mag concern Be it known that 1, JAMES D. Bor AN, a

citizen oi the United States, and a resident ofAmnArbor, in the countyof lVashtenaw and State otMichigan, hive made certain new and usefulImprovements in Tobacco Cans, of which the following is a specification.

.My invention is an improvement in tobacco cans, and has for its objectto provlde a can of the character specified, especially adapted forholding paper cartons of tobacco, such as smoking tobacco, and wherein Ithe can is provided with means adapted to be connected with the cartonand with the can, for holding the carton in such position that accessmay be easily had to the tobacco.

In'the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the improved can,Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section, Fig. 3 is a section on the line33 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the lower portion of acarton and the holder for the same.

In the present embodimen of the invention the can comprises a bod '1 ofelliptical cross section having a bottom 2 secured to the lower endthereof, and having a cover 3 at the upper end. The cover is providedwith a marginal flange 41: fitting outside oi the body, and the saidcover may be hinged to the body if desired, or merely seated thereon.The tobacco, indicated at 5, is held in the usual paper carton 6, andthe body of the can is shaped to fit and receive the carton.

The body of the can is provided at each end with a series of transversecorrugations 7, the said corrugations forming ribs on the inner and theouter surface of the body.

The corrugations may. be formed in any manner desired, and thecorrugations of each, series are spaced apart'at equal CllS- tances fromeach other. It will be noticed that the corrugations extend across-theside edges of the body, and are not continued to the opposite sides ofthe same. These corru gations are at the center'of the body, and

cover about one-third of the height of the can.

A plate 8 of resilient material is provided for connecting the cartonwith the can, and the said plate is shaped to fit within the can. Theplate is provided at each end with a longitudinally extending reducedlug 9, for corrugations 7 and the Send plate is of such length that whenthe lugs 9.

engaging the Specification of Letters Patent. Pategn ted Aug, 3, 1915Application filecibetober 13, 1914. Serial No. 866,432.

are in en a 'einent with the siaces between the ribs at each end of thecan, the body of the plate will be arched or bowed, and this arch or bowis upward. The lower end of the carton is seated on the plate at thecenter thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, and pretenably the carton isconnected to the plate by means of the strip 10. The said strip may beof any suitable material, and the-ends thereof are connected with thesides of the carton by an adhesive of any desired character. The body ofthe strip is passed beneath the plate 8 so that the plate is between thebottom of the carton and the body of the strip, and the carton is thusheld to the plate by the strip.

Tobacco cans of the character in question are of slight Width as a rule,so that when a portion of the contents of the carton is removed, thesurface of the tobacco in the carton will be below the level of the topof the can, and the user is liable to injure his fingers in thrustingthem in this narrow space. lhe sharp edges of the can body are liable tocut the fingers, and in addition it is difficult to remove the properamount of tobacco with the usual construction of can. In the presentconstruction, however, as the tobacco is used, the plate 8 may be movedupward, the ends slipping over the corrugations, to bring the surface ofthe tobacco toward the top of the can, and the excess paper of thecarton may be torn off and thrown away.

It will be noted that the corrugations 7 are so arranged that the ribsformed inside the can face upward, to permit the easy movement of theplate 8 upward, while making the downward movement impossible withoutreleasing the plate at one end or springing the same. After the tobaccohas been exhausted the plate is easily detached ready for the nextcarton. l

. The strip 10 may be a gummed sticker, of paper or the like, and itwill be evident that any strip of paper having its ends gummed willsuffice for this purpose.

In use, when the carton is first inserted in the can, the plate occupiesa position against the bottom ofthe carton, being connected theretobythe strip 10, and the position of the plate is such that the top of thecarton desired manner,-as for instance by pulling. upward on the excesspaper of the carton,

thus he slipped upward; and since there is no partlcular jtnpediment tothe upward movement' of "the plate, it may be moved in any As the cartonmoves the plate will move also, the ends slipping over the ribs,whichare similar to ratchet teeth. The carton may m pved' upward, untilthe last'of the tobacco is removed. Whenever the carton ismoved'iupwardthe excess paper at the top is torn'away, so that thecarton top is approxiinatelyflushwith the top of the body of the can.

I claim: I v 1. -A tobacco can for holding. a paper carton of-tobacco,said can heinglshaped to fit and receive the carton, and having a coverfor closing the can, said can having at its opposite ends transversecorrugations form-' ing internal ribs, and a plate of resilient materialadapted to fit within the can and having longitudinal extending lugs atits ends 5- ior engaging the ribs, said plate being of 2 greater lengththan the length of the can to -cause the plate to take an arched orbowed plate to insane? position in the can Y hen the lugs are engagedwith the rib nd a strip or paper having its ends pro ,ded with anadhesive and adaptedv to becdhnectedto the carton and passing around thebody of the plate intermediate the ends thereof to connect the cartonand the plate, the ribs inside'the ca facing upward.

2, "A tobacco'can for holding a carton of tobacco and shaped to tit andreceive the carton of tobacco, the can having oppositely arrangedinternal series of transverse cor rugations forming ribs, and a plate ofresilient material adapted to fit within the can and having lugs at itsend for engaging the.

ribs and of greater length than the can-to cause the plate to take anarched or bowed position in the can when the lugs are en

